A Special Album

Recently I entered a contest (why, will be explained at the bottom) to create a scrapbook album for a family who had lost a 17 year old (daughter) to cancer (brain cancer, I think). I did not have any photos in hand, just a list of the things the family wanted to include in the album and a Youtube video that someone had created of her for the family. I knew basically that she was a preemie, her favorite color was orange and I got a sense of her "style" from the video. So here are the pages that I submitted. (And I apologize now for the way they are posted, having a hard time figuring out how to get them all straight!) If you click on the picture, you'll see a bigger, clearer version. Then hit your back space.

Okay, so why did I enter this contest and what was the prize (that I won!)???

Just my all time dream job!!! I get to teach scrapbooking classes on cruise ships. There are four different cruises that will be taking place over the course of the next year and 1/2 or so and I get first pick of any or all of them that I want!!! Here are some of my choices: A Western Mediterenean (sp?), a Northern European, a 15-day Hawiian Islands and one to Mexico. The Mexico one will be a repeat of one that I am definitely doing this coming January but hey, I could definitely go back!

Anyway, aside from the obvious delight that I have in winning the "audition" contest, I was truly honored to be able to create an album for this deserving family. I prayed that God would inspire me for each page that it would be just the right design for the pictures they would put on them.